A Collection of Essays by a Leading Scholar of Early American Legal
HistoryMagistrates and Pioneers collects eighteen essays by the
historian Warren M. Billings. They address the main areas of his
research, nineteenth century Louisiana and seventeenth century
Virginia. From Opechancanough, a seventeenth-century Indian chief
to Sir William Berkeley, colonial governor of Virginia, to Edward
Livingston, coauthor of Louisiana's first civil code, to the
legendary Louisiana Governor and U.S. Senator Huey Long, Billings
brings to life the forces behind the legal development of these two
historically distinctive states. Many of these are classic essays,
all are essential to students of American legal history.Warren M.
Billings is Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, at the
University of New Orleans. He is a graduate of the College of
William and Mary and has a Ph.D. in early American history from
Northern Illinois University. Currently, he is Visiting Professor
of Law at the William and Mary Law School. Billings is the author
or editor of numerous titles, including A Little Parliament: The
General Assembly of Virginia in the Seventeenth Century, A Law Unto
Itself?: Essays in the New Louisiana Legal History, The Papers of
Sir William Berkeley, and Sir William Berkeley and the Forging of
Colonial Virginia, which received the Virginia Historical Society's
Richard Slatten award for excellence in Virginia biography."Few
scholars match Warren Billings for the depth and integrity of their
research, or the elegance of their prose. These essays, the fruits
of four decades of immersion in technically difficult archives and
spanning four centuries of Virginia and Louisiana history,
gracefully connect often arcane legal processes to the larger
cultures in which they were situated. Even scholars well conversant
with his work will benefit from having this selection of Billings'
essays gathered in a single place. The lead essay, a charming and
deeply humane scholarly autobiography, adds a grace-note to a
volume rich in erudition and learning. Scholars of southern history
especially will find much to savor in this superb collection."Kevin
R. HardwickJames Madison University"Warren M. Billings, one of the
leading scholars of early American legal culture, has produced a
rich collection of essays drawn from his writings of the past four
decades. These elegantly-written works reveal the depth and breadth
of Billings' expertise in seventeenth-century Virginia legal
history, The New Louisiana Legal History, and the history of the
law book. This learned collection merits a place in every American
legal scholar's library."Ellen Holmes PearsonUniversity of North
Carolina Asheville"For four decades Warren Billings has been one of
the most productive and prolific scholars of early American
history. His books, all unanimously well received, and his
"vintage" articles have stamped out impressive imprints in several
different areas of American history. His work on the colonial
Chesapeake ranks as nothing short of seminal. Leading his graduate
students at the University of New Orleans and a handful of other
interested scholars, Billings almost single-handedly laid the
foundation for the vital field that he helped to christen the New
Louisiana Legal History. Recently, he's been able to fuse these
interests into deeper, thoughtful, and expansive synthetic essays
on aspects of American history from 1607 to the present. This
impressive array of interests is evident in the essays in this
volume."From the Foreword by Mark F. FernandezLoyola University New
Orleans
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